Jiangnan is good, the scenery is old, it is said that the river flowers are red and the fire is good, and the river is as green as blue in spring, can you not remember the south of the Yangtze River?

In February of the seventh year of Tianbao, the spring breeze has blown green on both sides of the Cao River, a group of herons and birds fly over the river, the water swings smoke, a mass of white gas rolls around on the river surface, the distant mountain beam can occasionally see the melted stream flowing down from the cliff, forming a gurgling stream flowing into the Cao River, the branches that have been dried up by the spring breeze, sometimes make a dry cracking sound and fall into the river, the roots of the old trees are hanging in mid-air, the wind blows from the east, the branches are shaking to the west, and the sound of spring is colliding with each other in the air.

On the Cao River, a group of ships full of goods and passenger brigades went south along the Tongji Canal, from time to time there were passengers who walked to the deck and pointed to the distant mountain beams and whispered, on the deck of a passenger ship, Li Qingan stood with his hands in his hands, admiring the charming spring color of the south of the Yangtze River.

He officially left Beijing on the ninth day of the first month of the first month, rode to Bianzhou, and went south by boat from Bianzhou, this day has arrived in Gaoyou County, Yangzhou, and is only dozens of miles away from his destination Jiangdu, counting today, the trip is a whole month, in fact, if he is in a hurry, it will only take half a month to arrive in Yangzhou, the key is that he wants to visit the scenery of the Tang Dynasty, and he refuses to go quickly, and the Ministry of War does not stipulate the time for him to arrive.

At this time, a fishing boat passed by him, and a handsome lady at the stern was busy cooking, with a pair of white hands peeling spring bamboo shoots, Li Qingan was in a good mood, and couldn't help shaking his head and groaning: "The people on the edge are like the moon, and the frost and snow are condensed on the wrists." ”

He smiled again and asked loudly: "Little lady, may I ask Fangming, have you ever been married?" ”

The little lady glared at him fiercely, lifted the curtain, and went into the cabin, and her father, who was standing at the bow of the boat, laughed and said: "This military master, the little girl has already promised someone to disappoint the military master." ”

Li Qingan smiled and arched his hand and said, "Uncle, I just enjoy the most beautiful scenery in the river, and I have nothing else to do." ”

The old fisherman smiled kindly, waved at him, and pushed the boat away.

"Shichiro, you're in a good mood!" Li Fei Shouyu came out of the cabin and said with a smile.

"That's it! I have seen too much of the yellow sand desert, and suddenly come to this clear and eye-catching riverbank, I am a little unthinking about Anxi. ”

Li Qingan said with great interest: "Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, tourists only meet the old in Jiangnan, the spring water is blue in the sky, and the boat is painted to listen to the rain." ”

"Good sentence!" Someone next to him suddenly praised.

I saw a man in a thin green shirt coming over from the other side of the deck, and bowed to Li Qing'an and said: "I didn't expect that people in the army could have this kind of literary talent. ”

Li Qingan is not interested in him, if a beautiful Jiangnan woman comes forward, maybe he will chant about the great river to go to the waves and so on, and win the hearts of beautiful women, but it is a middle-aged man with a somewhat depressed appearance.

"Huh! Li Qing'an, in Xiaanxi, went to Yangzhou on business, was bored, and chanted a few crooked poems, which made the brother laugh. ”

The man was taken aback, "You are Li Qing'an, the hero of the Battle of Xiao Bolu?" The first arrow of Anzai of the official worship of the lieutenant general. ”

Li Qingan was a little surprised, he didn't expect that someone in Yangzhou, thousands of miles away, actually knew about him, you must know that Datang is inconvenient and the news is very closed, but this man knows what happened two months ago, seeing this man's face shocked, Li Qingan couldn't help but satisfy a little vanity, and he immediately had a good impression of this man.

"It can be said that there is no meeting in life, I still have a jar of Jiaohe wine, please have a glass of Brother Qinglian."

For some reason, he always felt that the name Qinglian seemed to have heard of somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Well said, where do you not meet in life, I drank General Li's wine."

When the man heard that there was Jiaohe wine, his eyes lit up.

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The three of them gathered around a table and drank several large glasses of wine in a row, and the middle-aged man exhaled happily, "Good wine, good wine from the river, sweet grapes, I haven't drunk it for six or seven years." ”

Li Qing'an saw that he drank a few more glasses, and his madness gradually came out, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and filled him with another glass, "Brother Qinglian, I don't think you are like an ordinary person, why are you so down?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't answer, and picked up the wine glass for a long time before sighing softly, "Those who abandon me can't stay yesterday; Those who disturb my heart are said to be troubled today. ”

He drank the wine, raised his head and laughed: "Draw the knife and cut off the water, the water will flow more, and raise a glass to eliminate sorrow and sorrow; Life is not satisfactory in the world, and the Ming Dynasty spreads flat boats. ”

Li Qing'an was taken aback, he suddenly knew who this person was, Qinglian Monk, wasn't it Li Bai?

"Brother Li, you are the ..... of Hu'er who will exchange for fine wine."

"Not bad! I am Li Langdang, who was given gold by the saint, and now I have General Li's wine, Li Bai is very grateful. ”

In the first year of Tianbao, Li Bai entered Beijing, moved the capital, and was invited by Li Longji to worship Hanlin, but the literati were light, Li Bai's publicity attracted the jealousy of Chang'an Wenba Zhang Yan, this Zhang Yan is the second son of the former Xiangguo Zhang Shuo, the younger brother of Zhang Yun, the head of the household Shangshu Zhang Yun, he is also Hanlin, he caught Li Bai's wild surname, several times in front of Li Longji framed, and finally Li Bai was given gold to return home, since then he has traveled all over the Tang Dynasty, indulged in wine, spent a lot of money, and became shy, this time he came to Yangzhou to find Taishou Lu Jian to seek a job, I happened to meet Li Qing'an on the boat.

Li Qing'an, a poet immortal in history, was very interested, looking him up and down, Li was of medium to upper stature, with slender eyebrows, due to long-term excessive drinking, his nose was a little red and swollen, and there was an indescribable downcast between his eyebrows and eyes.

Li Qingan suddenly smiled and said: "When I was a child, I was beaten by my father because I couldn't carry the bright moonlight in front of Brother Taibai's bed, and I was thinking at that time that I must beat this poet in the future to get rid of the evil anger in my chest, and today I can get my wish." ”

Li Bai was stunned, "General Li wants to punch and kick me?" ”

"The fists and feet were replaced by fine wine, and Brother Taibai was drunk, and the stuffiness in my chest came out."

Li Bai laughed, "Okay! I'm going to let you get your wish today, and you won't get drunk. ”

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The ship gradually docked at the wharf of Jiangdu County, Jiangdu County is the state of Yangzhou, the circumference of the city is dozens of miles, the population is more than 300,000, it is the world's second only to Chang'an and Luoyang big city, here merchants gather, rich in products, coupled with convenient water and land transportation, so that its business is extremely developed, overseas trade is also extremely prosperous, its commercial development even exceeds the capital Chang'an.

Yangzhou is not only the economic center of the Tang Dynasty, but also a military town, one of the five major governors of the Tang Dynasty, the military office of the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor is located in Jiangdu County, but after a hundred years of stability, the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has gradually become a symbol, become a kind of false position, dozens of military governments in the Huainan region are directly governed by the Ministry of War, and are not subject to the control of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Li Qing'an was appointed by the Ministry of Military Affairs this time to conduct military training for the five military offices stationed in Jiangdu County, and the full name of his post is Jiangdu Regiment Training Envoy and Serving the Imperial History, which has several meanings, and he is temporarily appointed for a while, followed by the command of the five military offices in Jiangdu County, and then he has the title of serving the imperial history, and can directly impeach or suspend local officers.

When the ship slowly approached the wharf, Jianghuai capital transfer envoy Liu Changyun has been waiting at the wharf, in addition to the military and political in Yangzhou, there is an important department, that is, the transfer envoy, this is one of the three envoys who hold the power of the Tang Dynasty, responsible for transporting the rich materials, grain and copper money in the south of the Yangtze River to the capital continuously, and the people who hold this position are generally high-ranking officials, such as Pei Yaoqing, who served as the Jianghuai capital transfer envoy in the 21st year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he served for three years, and transported 7 million stones of grain, saving 300,000 yuan in land transportation commission and freight.

Although this Liu Changyun is not Xiangguo, he is also a high-ranking official of the Tang Dynasty, once served as the king of Qing, from the third rank, the Jianghuai Transshipment Division he is in charge directly controls the economic lifeline of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Changyun got the news of King Qing as early as half a month ago, and Li Qing'an, the general of Anxi Zhonglang, will be appointed as the training envoy of the Jiangdu regiment, training for half a year, and directly controlling the military power of Jiangdu, which is undoubtedly good news for Liu Changyun, who is confronting Lu Lian, who is guarding the Taishou.

The difference between the regimental training envoy and the commander is the right to transfer troops, the commander has no right to transfer troops, and the transfer of more than 10 troops must be approved by the military department, while the regimental training envoy comes on behalf of the military department and has a certain right to transfer troops, and Liu Changyun has taken a fancy to this.

Therefore, when Li Qing'an's ship was still in Gaoyou, he got the news and hurried to the dock to greet him, and with him, there were five military captains and ten Guoyi captains, but Yangzhou Taishou Lu Jian did not come.

Li Qing'an's boat gradually docked, Liu Changyun waved his hand, the shore immediately beat gongs and drums, a lion dance team jubilant, dozens of musicians invited from the music workshop also lined up to play the pipa, more than a dozen transfer officials brandished sticks, driving away the idle boats on the dock.

"Your guest is here, get out of the way!"

Several small boats were so frightened that they hurriedly pushed away, vacating a wharf, the passenger ship docked, more than 20 guests got off the boat one after another, and finally Li Qingan and his party of five went ashore.

Li Bai was so drunk that he was lying on the boat and was unconscious, so Li Qingan had to leave one of his men to take care of him.

Liu Changyun saw Li Qing'an in military uniform at a glance, and he greeted him with a smile on his face, "General Li has worked hard all the way, and Liu Changyun, the transfer envoy in Xiajianghuai, on behalf of 500,000 fathers and villagers in Yangzhou, welcome General Li to Yangzhou." ”

"It turns out that you are Liu Yuanjun, long admiration! Long admiration! Li Qingan smiled at the arch hand, he looked at it slightly, this Liu Changyun is about forty years old, very well maintained, with delicate skin, slender waist, from behind At first glance, he looks like a woman, and his eyes look at himself extremely eagerly, there is a feeling of wanting to melt people, which makes Li Qingan have goosebumps on his back.

At this time, the five lieutenants of Zhichong stepped forward and bowed and saluted, "Welcome General Li to come." ”

Jiangdu's five Zhichong Mansions are all Shangjun Mansions, and the commanders in charge of the army are the fourth rank up, while Li Qing'an's Qianniu Wei Zhonglang General is the fourth rank and half a level lower than them, so in order to let him suppress these captains, the imperial court specially added him the title of serving the imperial history, so that he has the right to supervise, so that the Jiangdu Military Mansion is afraid of him.

Li Qingan also returned the salute and smiled: "The five generals don't need to be polite, from today onwards, we are colleagues, spend half a year together, and I hope we can all cooperate happily." ”

Hearing Li Qing'an's polite words, the five Zhichong Lieutenants couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they all complimented Li Qing'an for his young and promising future, Liu Changyun hurriedly smiled and said: "This is not the place to talk, I booked two tables of banquets in Baiyutanglou to wash the dust for General Li, let's go together!" ”

Li Qingan smiled and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then go to the White Jade Hall." ”

Everyone surrounded Li Qing'an and rode towards the city together.

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In the state ya, Yangzhou Taishou Lu Jian is reading official documents, Lu Jian is a son of the famous Lu family of the Tang Dynasty, a native of Chang'an, about forty years old this year, elegant demeanor, shrewd and capable, he is a Jinshi in the Kaiyuan period, he used to study with the prince Li Heng when he was a teenager, and his personal relationship is very good.

Yangzhou is an important economic and financial town of the Tang Dynasty, so the status of Yangzhou Taishou is very high, and the highest governor of the five temples and nine prisons, the same belongs to the third rank, from a certain point of view, Lu Jian is only one step away from being promoted to the country.

More than two months ago, Lu Lian arrested the big salt lord Du Bosheng, but unexpectedly led to several major smuggling cases of King Qing, he immediately realized that this was a great opportunity to bring down King Qing, but unfortunately the news leaked and was destroyed by Liu Changyun, who was transferred to the capital, Du Bosheng was rescued by an unknown person, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Lu Lian also got the news that Li Qing'an was appointed as the training envoy of the Jiangdu regiment and controlled the military power of the five military governments in Jiangdu, and the information he got was that Gao Lishi was Li Qing'an's backstage, and Gao Lishi took good care of the prince.

He had just finished reading a document when a servant rushed in and reported: "Envoy, General Li has arrived at the dock, but he was invited away by the transfer envoy Liu, and he washed the dust for General Li in the Baiyutang Restaurant. ”

Lu Jian was stunned, and the corners of his mouth slowly showed a wry smile, this Liu Changyun is so fast, it seems that he is also going to vigorously envelop this regimental training envoy who holds military power.

He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and at this time, his staff member Fang Wuzhen smiled and said, "Don't worry, one meal won't change anything, we still have a chance." ”

Lu Jian sighed softly, of course he knew that a wine banquet didn't mean anything, but Liu Changyun was desperately trying to envelop it, indicating that he was going to take action again recently.

At this moment, another official ran in and said, "Envoy, someone is looking for you outside the yamen, it is the regimental training envoy General Li's subordinates who have helped a drunken scribe to come, saying that this scribe is the old man of the envoy." ”

Lu Jian was stunned for a moment, he immediately walked quickly to the outside of the yamen, Li Qingan actually sent someone to send him an old man, who could this be?

I saw that outside the yamen, an officer was supporting the drunk Li Bai, Lu Lian recognized Li Bai at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Taibai, why are you drunk again?" ”

Li Bai was still unconscious in his drunken dream, and the officer smiled and said, "Li Dashi and my general lost in a gambling game, so it became like this." ”

Lu Lian hurriedly asked a few officials to help Li Bai into the ya, and he smiled at the officer: "Lu Lian, who is too guarded in Xiayangzhou, may I ask the general's surname?" ”

The officer smiled and saluted: "I am He Yanming, the captain of the Anxi Military Academy, and when General Li was still the commander of the fort, I was his little soldier." ”

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(To be continued)